Soldier profiles
Name : SUTTON, ROBERT MURDOCH
Service Number : VX22380
Date of Birth : 16/03/1918
Place of Birth : MELBOURNE, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : FARM LABOURER
Date of Enlistment : 05/06/1940
Locality on Enlistment : BOORT, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : SUTTON, JOHN
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : WARRANT OFFICER CLASS 2
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : NEW GUINEA
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 20/02/1946
Date Died : N/A
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6205435 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll
Background : Brother of VX59117 SUTTON, COLIN JOHN (2/2 Pioneer). Distinguished pass at course for carrier instructors (Strawberry Camp, WA).
